Stevens Co Pud - Deer Lake, WA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Stevens Co Pud - Deer Lake serves about 2,884 people through 787 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Stevens County, Washington. EPA system ID: WA5393380. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
That is down 5.4 ppb from 5.4 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Stevens Co Pud - Deer Lake is 5.4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 5.4 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
Against other Washington systems
Of the 2,218 Washington systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 18 are over 15 ppb right now and 62 have gone over at some point. Stevens Co Pud - Deer Lake's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 33rd percentile in Washington and the 32nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
32 other systems share Stevens County; 16 of them have a higher latest lead result than Stevens Co Pud - Deer Lake. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Stevens Co Pud - Suncrest | 7,484 | 1.4 ppb |
| Colville Water Department | 4,945 | 1.1 ppb |
| Kettle Falls Water Dept | 2,698 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chewelah Water Dept South | 2,615 | 3.1 ppb |
| Stevens Co Pud - Loon Lake | 2,487 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stevens Co Pud - Waitts Lake | 1,216 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stevens Co Pud - Clayton | 725 | 0 (not detected) |
| Stevens Co Pud - Valley | 550 | 0 (not detected) |
| Chewelah Water Dept North | 350 | 1.4 ppb |
| Springdale Town Of | 315 | 0.7 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Stevens Co Pud - Deer Lake's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Stevens Co Pud - Deer Lake whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.